London: Thomas McLean, [1824]. Alken, Henry. First edition. Hardcover. No text. 27 x 19 cm. 50 hand-colored plates, many with multiple images, of the fifty plates, twenty are full paged sporting scenes, well drawn and nicely coloured, and printed on heavy paper. All plates printed recto only. Bright, clean copy..... More
London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1843. Alken, Henry. Second edition. Hardcover. 358 pages. 21 x 14.2 cm. First edition with colored plates -- 15 hand-colored aquatint plates, including the engraved title vignette. Each plate marked, drawn and etched by H. Alken (except the title which does not bear his name).TOOLEY 471. "First..... More
London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1790. Second edition. Hardcover. 36 pages. 21 x 13 cm. Interior contents clean, title page very slightly toned. An Old Whig opposed to the James Fox faction of the party, and supported the war against French revolutionary forces. More
Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1905. Hardcover. 182 pages. 28 x 19.5 cm. Limited edition, one of 1030 copies printed at the Riverside Press, designed by Bruce Rogers. Title page printed in red and black, ten photogravure full page plates with tissue guards. More
London, Paris, Edinburgh: Boussod, Valadon & Co, 1896. leather_bound. [1] 202 pages. Folio, 32.5 x 24.5 cm. 39 photogravures, 23 full-page inserted plates, and one double-page, all with lettered tissue guards. First edition of the “best short biography of Elizabeth” (Conyers 514) and the first book in the Goupil series..... More
London: S.W. Fores, September 10, 1815. First edition. Pictorial Boards. Hand colored engraving 13 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches in mat 19 x 15 inches. An ironic allusion to Napoleon's invasion of England For Elba as Hell Bay. As Napoleon views the coast Bertrand says, "By gar! mon Emperor. dey..... More
London: Macdonald, 1952. First edition. More
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1849-1850. Hardcover. 8 x 12 cm. Illustrated with 240 full-page portraits. Nos. 1-8 in the series, Bohn's Illustrated Library. Index for entire series in Vol. 8. Backstrips slightly and evenly sunned to brown, gilt lettering thereon bright, a few front cover fore-edges faded, Vol. IV fore-edge..... More
London: Robert Dighton, December 6, 1792. Stiff Wraps. 29.5 x 23.5 cm. Colored engraving drawn and etched by R. Dighton. Signed by Stephen Kemble in red ink (faint) lower left corner of imprint. George Stephen Kemble (21 April 1758 – 5 June 1822) was a successful English theatre manager, actor..... More
London: S. Fores, February 24, 1786. Stiff Wraps. 25 x 39 cm. Colored engraving signed WM 1786 lower left corner. King George III and his wife Charlotte riding toward Windsor; vividly colored, bright and fresh. Road marker toward Slough is ignored as the King's cane points straight to Windsor Palace..... More
London: S.W. Fores, June 23, 1827. Pictorial Boards. Hand colored engraving 10 x 14 inches in mat 15 x 17 inches. Wellington flourishing a document inscribed "Corn Bill," leads Whig blocks against the Ministry, represented by Canning and Goderich who stand on the left. The Duke kicks at his opponents..... More
London: Samuel Clark, 1760. First edition. Hardcover. 275 (2) pages. Folio, 12 1/2" x 8". Early ink owner inscription head of title of Benjamin Grubb. Britain even today remains the most prominent grouping of Quakers in Europe. Covers the yearly meetings from Epistle I, 1675 through Epistle LXXXII, 1759. Many..... More
London: Thos McLean, February 8, 1832. Color lithograph. Hand colored lithograph, 10.5 x 14.8 inches within border frame in matted glass fronted frame wired for hanging. Artist is John Doyle (DB) with his circular embossed seal in lower left corner. Doyle experienced great success with his political cartoons using the..... More
London: Thos McLean, May 16, 1832. Color lithograph, 8 7/16 x 12 1/2 inches within border frame in matted glass fronted frame wired for hanging. Artist is John Doyle (DB) with his circular embossed seal in lower left corner. Doyle experienced great success with his political cartoons using the new..... More
London: Thos McLean, December 23, 1831. Color lithograph. Hand colored lithograph, 10.5 x 14.8 inches within border frame in matted glass fronted frame wired for hanging. Artist is John Doyle (DB) with his circular embossed seal in lower left corner. Doyle experienced great success with his political cartoons using the..... More
Los Angeles: Los Angeles Pressed Brick Co., 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Ten text pages. Folio, 48 x 36 cm., image sizes approximately 21 x 16 cm. With location and descriptive text for each. Photos are tipped-in on thick cream colored rag paper. Title page printed in red and black. More
Toronto: Univ. of Toronto Press, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. 312 black and white illustrations. Index. Large sections of the book are devoted to product design -- lights, cookers, food-mixers, clocks -- and another large section isdevoted to tools, instruments, office equipment and transport. Ex-library. More
London: Collins, 1948. First edition. Boards. 49 pp. More
London: Longman, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1817. leather_bound. 96 pages. 26.5 x 19 cm. First published 1711. Limited ediiton, Large Paper Copy [Imperial Edition], one of 200. With three ALS laid-in -- two from James Rimell & Son Ltd, a London Bookseller to Edgar H. Wells, rare book dealer in..... More
London: Merrell, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. 288 pages. 30 x 26 cm. Profusely illustrated in black and white and color. Articles by experts. Notes. Bibliography. Index. More
London: Printed by Samuel Leigh, 1820. Rowlandson, Thomas. First editions. leather_bound. 14 1/2 x 8.5 cm. iv pages including title and advertisement. Fifty-four hand-colored plates by Rowlandson: a panoply of city life, the costumes of street vendors through Rowlandson's colorful, often affectionate delineation's of human character. The plates are related..... More
London: R. Ackermann, (1813) & 1820. Third edition and Second Edition respectively. leather_bound. 276, 277 pages. 23 x 15 cm. 30 and 24 colored plates respectively designed and etched by Rowlandson. "Picturesque," first appeared originally in the POETICAL MAGAZINE under the title, "The Schoolmaster's Tour," text is by William Combe..... More
Edinburgh & London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, And Brown, 1814-1817. First edition. leather_bound. CXXVII, 209, CI (Appendix) & General Index Of Names And Subjects (6 leaves). 28.5 X21.5 cm. Frontispiece, two additional engraved titles, 92 engraved plates, all with tissue guards. Owner inscription free endpaper, Vol. II, and Morrell armorial..... More
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. 288 pages. 25.5 x 25.5 cm. Presents more than 600 color photographs covering architecture, interior design, and examines a myriad of styles. More
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1842. Hardcover. 114 & 275 pages. 33 x 27 cm. First published 1796 with 143 plates. New edition with 153 hand-colored engravings. Strutt was an English engraver, and writer on art. BRUNET Vol. 5, p.566, noting earlier edition. BRYAN Vol.5, p.138. DNB notes, "Although the amount..... More